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Re: Birding terminology



Kenn Kaufman describes his reasons for using the term in Kingbird
Highway.  We needed a verb to better describe what we do.  "Watching"
sounds like a passive process and few of us are passive in this
endeavor.

Tim Lewis
Weaverville, NC
tlewis@buncombe.main.nc.us


> I started out as a birdwatcher forty-odd years ago.  Somewhere along
the way
> I was graduated to being a "birder" doing "birding" instead of
> "birdwatching."  Does anyone remember just when this mass
matriculation took
> place?  Or how?  Or why?
>
> Cheers!
> Tomm "tetch'd bah fahr" Lorenzin
> Mooresville (Lake Norman), NC
> SkyTomm(at)1000plus.com
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
> > [mailto:carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu] On Behalf Of
> > cdrwxwng@webtv.net
> > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 02:00
> > To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
> > Subject: Re: swoops of martins
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> >
> >    My personal favorite is the charm of finches. Also
> > interesting is, a flock is only a "flock" when the birds are
> > on the ground. When they're on the wing, they're a "flight."
> > Who knew birding could be so particular and refined!
> >
> >    Randy Scheiner
> >